Composition for imparting flaming and non-glowing properties to match-splints.



ioe i uNI E STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. 'WEY, OE BABBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE DIAMOND MATCH'COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMPOSITION FOR. IMPABTING FLAMING AND NON-GLOWING PROPERTIES TO MATCH-Patented July 18, 1916.

SPLINTS.

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To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. WEY, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and 5 State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition forImparting Flaming and Non-Glowing Properties to Match-Splints, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a composition for treating match splints,whereby the splints are economically and efliciently impregnated with amaterial or materials adapted to aid the transmission of the flame fromthe matchhead composition to the splints, and with a material ormaterials adapted to render the splints non-glowing after they have beenignited and extinguished.

The main object of my invention is to provide a composition in which anorganic material, which is adapted to impart the flaming property to thesplints, has inco'r-' porated therewith an inorganic material insolution, which is adapted to impart the non-glowing property. to thesplints.

In carrying out my invention in a simple, eflicient and economicalmanner, I select an inorganic material having the requisitecharacteristics; dissolve it in an unctuous substance, miscible withmelted parafiin wax, or other analogous substance, and then incorporatethe mixture with such wax or substance.

The preferred inorganic material which I employ is orthophosphoric acid(H PO and the preferred substance in which it is dissolved is cottonseedoil; the mixture being prepared in any suitable manner. Thus, forexample, a saturated solution of orhtophosphoric acid in cottonseed oilis prepared by adding five per centum of the acid to the oil, agitatingthe mixture at frequent intervals, and then allowing the mixture tostandabout twelve hours. A certain proportion of the acid will notdissolve in the oil, and, upon being allowed to stand, willsettle to thebottom, with the mixture ofoil and acid floating on top. The supernatantliquid of oil containing orthophosphoric .acid is carefully poured of?and added to melted paraffin wax, inthe proportion of fifteen per cent.by volume of the acid and oil mixture to 85 per cent.- of the said wax.Match splints dipped into this solution maintained Application filedNovember 7, 1912. Serial No. 729,971.

at a temperature of about 275 Fahn, and

then removed, possess the inflammable propertles ordinarily given byparaffin wax, and also the-non-glowing properties ordinarily lmparted bya separate solution of boracic acid, or other inorganic materials havinga similar action on the splints.

- My invention contemplatesa composition a in which the unctuous solventfor the inorganic material constitutes the flame-trans, mitting vehlcle.In that case, for example,

the inorganic material may comprise orthophosphoric acid, and thesolvent therefor be cottonseed oil; the mixture being prepared in anysuitable manner. Thus, a saturated solution of orthophosphric acid incottonseed oil is prepared by adding about two per cent. of the acid tothe oil, agitating the mixture frequently, and then allowing the mixtureto stand until the oil has taken up all the acid. If match splints bedipped in the resulting solution they will 'become impregnated with bothingredients,

and thus possess the desired flaming and non-glowing properties.

It is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to the specificorganic and inorganic materials herein described; nor to the specificillustrative mode or modes of preparing my improved composition ormixture; as other organic and inorganic materials and other methods ofpreparation may be employed without departure from the fair spirit of myinvention. Theimpregnation of match splits, and the product producedthereby is not claimed in the present application, but in my copend-.ing application, Serial Number 51, 950, filed ding incorporatedtherewith a solution of an inorganic material in an unctuous substance,the .saidmaterlal be ng of a character capable of impartin a non-glowingproperty to the splints. an "thesaldunctuous substance being misciblewith the said inflammable organic substance.

3. Composition for imparting flaming and non-glowin properties tomatch-splints treated therewit said composition'compris- 'ing anunctuous inflammable substance and an inorganic anti-glowing material insolution therein. p

'4. Composition for imparting flaming and non-glowing properties tomatch splints treated therewith, said composition comprising meltedparaffin wax with which is incorporated a solutlon of'an morgamcmaterial in an unctuous substance, sa1d ma- {terial being of a characterto impart the nonglowing property to the splints and the said unctuoussubstance being inflammable.

5. Composition for imparting flaming and non-glowing properties to matchsplints treated therewith, said composition comprising parafiin waxhaving incorporated therewith a solution of an inorganic material in ingof a character'to impart the non-glowmelted paraflin wax.

an unctuous substance, the said material being property to the. splintsand the said unctuous substance being miscible with 6. Compositio forimparting" flaming and non-glowing properties to match splints treatedtherewith, said-composition comprising paraflin wax having incorporatedtherewith a solution of an inorganic'material in cottonseed oil, the,said material being of a character to impart the non-glowing property tothe splints. 7. Composition for imparting flaming and non-glowinproperties to match splints treated therewit said composition comprismgparaifin wax having incorporated therewith a solution of orthophosphoricacid and cottonseed oil in the proportion of about fifteen per cent. byvolume of said solution to melted paraflin wax.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio thisfourth day of November A. D. 1912.

' WILLIAM G. WEY.

Witnesses: E. A. JACOBS,

SABINA PARKS.

